More situational outrage from the RW, and it generally follows their IOKIYAR worldview. These people constantly pivot from meme to meme when speaking of unemployment. Either:

- The unemployed are the unfortunate underclass who can't find a job due to "the economy"

- They're lazy moochers

So which is it?

The latter is what they're called during a republican administration.

Of course this is all a wash due to labor unfriendly "trickle down economics" and corporate friendly government of both major parties: The republicans since 19880, and the democratic party since the Clinton admin in the 1990s. Both have resulted in a system that seek to loosen labor markets ( to put downward pressure on wages ) and to act in the interests of the corporate donors ( transfer or wealth from bottom to top )

But the Right Wing Dad's of the world think supply-side/trickle-down works better when practiced by a republican ( Gawd & Guns, flags and eagles and shit, USA! USA! )

Go figure, it was 7.8% and 14.7% when this was circulating a couple years back.

I think the old version used the "discouraged worker" measure, whereas this even less accurate one used some bullshit from Trump. This time they're counting everyone over the age of 16 who's not working for any reason, including (just to name the larger categories):

-Retirees-College students-High school students over the age of 16-People with profound disabilities-Stay-at-home mothers (and fathers)-People in institutions

So unless you're prepared to give a kick in the ass to those slacker octogenarians, it doesn't really work.

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